Title

Cleanest Water??????????

Problem Scenario

What type of water is safest to drink when outside swamp, stream, pond, or precipitation.

Broad Question

What type of natural water is the cleanest?

Specific Question

Does water type effect how clean it is?

Hypothesis

It is hypothesized that precipitation will be the cleanest.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable:Water Source

Dependent Variable:Cleanest water

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:

Water type

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

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General Plan

Potential Problems And

Safety Or Environmental Concerns

If the ice is thick enough to go on, falling in, getting wet. ect

Experimental Design

(add the correct headings from the experimental design page before beginning)

Resources and Budget Table

Item	Number needed	Where I will get this	Cost
swamp water	3 samples	my house	n/a
lake water	3 samples	crystal lake	n/a
pond water	3 samples	my house	n/a
precipitation	3 samples	my house	n/a
coffee filter	a lot	store
ice auger	1	friend	n/a
graduated cylinder	1	Mr. Littlefield	n/a

Detailed Procedure

get samples, filter,weigh,

Diagram

Photo List

Time Line

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Data Table

sample 1 swamp 3.6
sample 2 swamp 3.9
sample 3 swamp 3.5

sample 1 stream 1.9
sample 2 stream 1.9
sample 3 stream 1.7

sample 1 pond 2.1
sample 2 pond 2.3
sample 3 pond 2.1

sample 1 precipitation 0.2
sample 2 precipitation 0.1
sample 3 precipitation 0.1

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Data Analysis

All Raw Data

Graphs

Photos

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Results

precipitation was the cleanest.

Conclusion

In conclusion precipitation was the cleanest.

Discussion

During this experiment I noticed some trends and patterns. Some of the patterns I saw was that the bigger the water source the less amount of filth in them. The smaller sources had more filth. I also noticed a relationship between my independent and dependent variables, It was that they were almost the same thing. My independent was water source and my dependent was witch one was the cleanest. I found the answer to my question after doing my tests and that's how I found my results. If I could advance my experiment I would do more tests and used more advanced methods.

Benefit to Community and/or Science

The benefit is that people will know what natural water is good to drink and what water to not drink.

Back Round Research

While doing this project I learned that precipitation was the cleanest and that swamp and pond water are very dirty and full of dirt and other stuff. Also I learned from my research some of the different ways to measure water. When I first started this experiment I had a question does water type effect how clean it is? Some of the ways is where the water is located and what is the area around it like. Are there plants growing in the water, all of these are variables in the water and things that might make the water dirty.

References

http://water.epa.gov/learn/resources/measure.cfm

http://www.crwcd.org/page_98

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/characteristics.html

Abstract

Does water type effect how clean it is. In this project I have tested 4 different types of water and measured he amount of dirt and filth in the water. I found my results and my hypotheses was right!